How we can get the co-ordinate of mouse during mouse events?

The WM_MOUSEMOVE message is posted to a window when the cursor moves. Mouse co-ordinates are passed through WM_MOUSEMOVE event using LPARAM. Lower word of LPARAM contains x position. Upper word contains the y position.

WM_MOUSEMOVE 
fwKeys = wParam;        // key flags 
xPos = LOWORD(lParam);  // horizontal position of cursor 
yPos = HIWORD(lParam);  // vertical position of cursor 

Parameters

• MK_CONTROL - Set if the ctrl key is down.
• MK_LBUTTON - Set if the left mouse button is down.
• MK_MBUTTON - Set if the middle mouse button is down.
• MK_RBUTTON - Set if the right mouse button is down.
• MK_SHIFT - Set if the shift key is down.

xPos : Value of the low-order word of lParam. Specifies the x-coordinate of the cursor. The coordinate is relative to the upper-left corner of the client area.
yPos : Value of the high-order word of lParam. Specifies the y-coordinate of the cursor. The coordinate is relative to the upper-left corner of the client area.

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